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Why I always leave this hobby

So at 42 I'm coming back to this hobby for the 4th time. No stretch has ever been longer than 2 years. I love racing at my local track but the manufactures kill me everytime and 1 week in I'm alraeady feeling it.

I have a TLR 22 buggy (first Gen) and I lost a screw for the front wheel which is now obsolete. So i buy the 3.0 version which bolts right up, but now they have changed the hex size. Ok, so now i have $100 in wasted wheels and tires.
These things become Rabbit holes and I'm sure I'll find another problem when I buy the wheels.

I really hate to spend another $400 on a new kit and extras. I wish we were all still driving Old School RC10s.

Well kinda welcome back, after 28 years of racing I can say that I have never left, but have seen them struggles, and what I have found is to ask the questions here on this site, people can find obsolete parts, or give you part numbers, as it will leave you scratching on where they found them, I would find the smaller axles for your car and keep with the tires you have, honestly if your looking for parts hit me up on some 1.0 parts or even cars as I have been updating my old to newer cars and struggle with clearing them out, good luck and all is not lost, just requires some questions and people will give you answers.

I joined the hobby late at age 49 because of my son. He was quickly on to other things and I am totally addicted. I enjoy wrenching and practice sessions WAY more than racing humbly. To many folks that would rather take you out to move up one spot than hold a line and pass properly and hanging around for hours to run 30 minutes is difficult when you run a biz and have a family. Oh well....lol...I was a Losi guy from day one....BUT tried and have stayed with the AE B5m platform for the past 18months. Incredibly easy to work on, set up, and get parts that RARELY break. Many of my friends onto b6 or 22 4.0 but I LOVE simplicity and know about 4-6 adjustments not 15....IMHO try out a friends b5m if you have a chance. Cool thing is you can get a near new roller for under 150 and box stock set up makes you competitive and fine tune from there. Thanks for listening to my 2 cents worth of rambling and I hope you can find some enjoyment EVERYTIME you go out in the pits and on the track.....

Well, aside from getting parts you should not feel compelled to get the latest and greatest. That said when you jumped in, I think it would have been wiser to get that latest model so you at least had parts. The old adage buy cheap buy twice comes to mind. I have been involved in RC at least 30 years and generally that is what you need to think through. Oddly enough though I remember a guy out at a track near you who could run circles around people with the latest and greatest car in a gold pan car.

You may not need the latest and greatest of everything but there is something to be said for parts availability.

For $10 you could have bought the part on eBay, or bought another 1.0 for next to nothing and then had spares, or even switched to a longer screw and used a standard nut, or bought $10 worth of acetone and gotten the rubber off those old rims and just bought new wheels for your 3.0. Racing, even on a small scale requires up keep and maintenance, cars become obsolete, ties and parts wear out just like real racing, it's part of it all. But dude, really, you're whining. Go race, have fun.

So at 42 I'm coming back to this hobby for the 4th time. No stretch has ever been longer than 2 years. I love racing at my local track but the manufactures kill me everytime and 1 week in I'm alraeady feeling it.

I have a TLR 22 buggy (first Gen) and I lost a screw for the front wheel which is now obsolete. So i buy the 3.0 version which bolts right up, but now they have changed the hex size. Ok, so now i have $100 in wasted wheels and tires.
These things become Rabbit holes and I'm sure I'll find another problem when I buy the wheels.

I really hate to spend another $400 on a new kit and extras. I wish we were all still driving Old School RC10s.

Yea I get that man itís typical 1/10 scale with that crap . 1:8 scale way diffrent story models and parts for years intill they are gone for good .

It is a tough game to try and race a vehicle that parts have been discontinued for. You either need to adapt to using different manufacturers parts, modifying whats available, or buy an up to date platform. I enjoy building and modifying my rc's so it's a non issue with me. If you only like to run/race them then it's time for an upgrade. I too own a bunch of durango's. I have spent more money on parts lately to protect my investment rather than loose and sell it for a loss. It's a decision that we need to make in the hobby. Don't let parts support ruin the hobby for you. Make the best of it, have fun every time you go out, ask locals/forums for help and you will enjoy it much more.